Woodwork protector



Aug. '11, 1931. M. PANITZSCH WOODWORK PROTECTOR Filed Sept. 21, 1929 Patented Aug. 11, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE WOODWORK PROTECTOR Application filed September 21, 1929.

The invention relates to protectors and particularly to devices of this character which are capable of being employed by painters and decorators to prevent the application of paint to an article or a portion of an article which it is desired to protect against having paint applied thereto.

The invention has among its various objects the provision of a device which is ex tensible and contractable to thereby provide a construction which may be readily employed in any one of various situations which the used may be confronted with and which has means whereby it may be removably secured in position and in addition is provided with means which provide shields, having means whereby the shield of one device may be connected with the shield of another device to thereby provide means for connecting several of the shields together to increase the dimension of the shield.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of a construction which allows certain elements thereof to be arranged relatively to each other to reduce the dimension of the device and which includes an element which may be rolled upon another portion of the structure to thereby further reduce the space necessarily consumed by the device during storage or transportation from one job to another.

The invention has these and other objects, all of which will be more readily understood when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of which the invention is susceptible, it being understood that the invention is I capable of changes and modifications without departing from the spirit of the appended claims forming a part thereof.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a view showing the device associated with a window frame, to protect the frame against having paint or other decorative material applied to the frame during application thereof to the walls surrounding the frame.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the devices shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 in Fig. 2.

Serial No. 394,284.

The structure illustrated for accomplishing the various advantages hereinbefore referred to, contemplates the use of the extensible element generally designated 10 which is composed of members 11 and 12 which are connected with each other to allow one section to be moved relatively to the other to increase or diminish the length of the device. In the particular structure herein illustrated the members 11 and 12 are each formed of a relatively flat strip of material which are respectively bent to produce a longitudinally extending groove 13 and a longitudinally extending rib 14. The grooved portion of one of said strips is provided to receive the rib portion of the other strip and thereby telescopically connect these elements with each other. These members 11 and 12 are provided with means for fastening the structure in place. The particular means herein shown for accomplishing this feature includes pins 1515 which project from one side of each of the members 11 and 12 so that these members 11 and 12 may be secured as a unit and held with relation to a window frame or other structure which it is desired to protect; shields connected therewith and to this end one edge of each of the members 11 and 12 is provided with means whereby an elementforming a shield may be secured with relation to the telescopic or extensible members 11 and 12. These shields are designated 16 and 17. It will be noted that the means for securing the shields 16 and 17 to the respective extensible members 11 and 12 are arranged with respect to each other so that a relatively flat contacting or sliding surface is present ed to the strips forming the extensible members. To this end the edge of the member 11 to which the shield 16 is connected, is bent outwardly with respect to said member and the edge of the member 12 whereby the protector or shield 17 is connected to its particular section is also bent outwardly with respect to the member 12 and therefore the members 11 and 12 may be readily moved lengthwise relatively to each other. The shields 16 and 17 are respectively connected with the members '11 and 12 by bending one These members 11 and 12 have rial forming the shield is placed in said groove and the material forming the strip is then compressed to bind the edge of the shield to the slidable member-. This method of securing the shield and the members together provides an effective construction for holding the shields against separation from the members and by arranging the bent portions of one member so that it projects in: a direction opposite to the other bent portion; the members may be moved relativel'y to each other without interference and a relatively close fit between the members is formed. lvleans is provided for connecting the edges of the shields such as 16 and 17 with the adjacent edge of a shield of another device such as that just referred to. This means in its simplest form comprises a plurality of tapes 21 and 22 respectively secured to the edges 23 and 24 of the shields 16 and 17. It is manites": that when the plurality of elements such as those shown in Fig. 1 are arranged with respect to the frame of the opening that the shields of said devices may be connected with eachother merely by tying the tapes together.

From the foregoing description it is evi-.

dent that an extremely simple and effective device is provided, having means whereby the device may be extended or contracted to suit various conditions with which the user may be confronted; and which has means whereby the device may be secured "in position for use and in addition has means whereby the shield of one device may be connected with the shield of another similar device to increase the area protected thereby.

It is further evident that the telescopic construction employed allows one member to be. moved relative to another to thereby reduce or increase this dimension of the device and that the sliding members may be arranged relatively to each other to provide a compact device. It is also manifest that the material torming the shield may be rolled around the strip asa core to further reduce the dimension of the article thereby reducing the space necessary in which to store the article and facilitating transportation of the device from one job to another.

Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combinaiionof a set of shields arranged to overlap each other, a second set of shields arranged to. overlap said first mentioned set, ac-ans provided at the ends of said device for telescopically connecting each set of shields, and: tie tapes provided for securing the free ends of; the shieldstogether.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination ofa set of shields arranged MARTIN PANITZSCH. 

